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Gartner: Blackcomb Delayed, Longhorn on Tap

Microsoft not expected to release next version of Windows until 2003.

By Stephen Swoyer
08/22/2001

Market research firm and consultancy Gartner Inc. warned that the version of Windows which Microsoft Corp. plans to ship after Windows .NET Server—code-named "Blackcomb"—would probably be delayed through 2003.

Gartner says Microsoft's interim version of the OS—code-named "Longhorn" and planned for release sometime in 2003—will focus on reliability.

The news generated barely a ripple in the Windows user community, however.

(Read the rest of this article at ENTmag.com: http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4869)

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Stephen Swoyer is a Nashville, TN-based freelance journalist who writes about technology.

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